Associations between Ambient Outdoor Temperature and Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality in Scotland

Colin Ramsay; C. Robertson; Ray Carragher; Stephen Corson

Associations between Ambient Outdoor Temperature and Patterns of Morbidity and Mortality in Scotland

Colin Ramsay, C. Robertson, Ray Carragher, Stephen Corson

Mathematics And Statistics

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Abstract

This report investigates the association between ambient air temperature and health impacts, measured as morbidity (hospital admissions) and mortality, in Scotland to determine what evidence there is to reject the (null) hypothesis that there is no relationship.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Edinburgh
Commissioning body	National Centre for Resilience
Number of pages	25
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2018

Keywords

ambient temperature
mortality
morbidity

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